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H. B. FABER ET AL AERIAL Filed Dec.

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Patented Dec. 23, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HENRY IB. FABER, or NEW YORK, AND LOUIS L. DRIGGS, JE., OF NEW ROCHELLE,

NEW YORK AERIAL TOY Application filed December 10, 1928.

The object of this invention is to provide a device wherein a paper parachute may be blown into the air with a weight suspended therefrom and thereafter be allowed to drift with the wind and fall to the earth slowly under the influence of gravity. This and other objects are accomplished by our invention, one embodiment of which-is hereafter more particularly set forth.

.For a more detailed description of our invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part-hereof, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of our improved toy.

Figure 2 shows parts of the same arranged in their relative positions.

Figure 3 shows a portion of the time fuse.

Figure 4 shows the operation of the device.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

Ourv improved toy 1 is provided with a base 2 with a circular groove 3 in which is fixed, by glue or otherwise, a cylinder 4 which is preferably made of multiple-ply spirally wound paper strips, thus forming a paper tubing. Near the lower end of this cylinder 4 and just above the base 2 is a hole through which passes a fuse 5 which runs to some grains of powder that are at the bottom of the explosive chamber 7, and in the upper portion of this chamber is free air which is proportioned to the powder in such a way as to 5 give a suitable propelling action to the projectile, which will be described below, and at the same time not disrupt the tube.

Immediately above the chamber 7 is a disc 8 with a U flange at its edge resting snug against the interior of the tube 4 and with the U pointed upward to receive the cylindrical shell 9 of the projectile which will now be described. At the center of the disc 8 is a time fuse 10 which passesthrough a central perforation in the disc 8 and is made in theform of an eyelet with an inner shell which is dome shaped at its top and provided with a ce ntral perforation and on the exterior of this 1s the outer shell 12 and both these shells have later- 60 ally extending flanges which appear above REISSUED- DEC 1 2 1933 and below the disc 8 so as to fix the fuse in place. The interior of the fuse is provided with powder 13 which takes about a second to burn out. It is compressed between the dome and the bottom of the shell 11 and through the perforation in the dome so that when finally burned out a flame passes through this perforation to the priming 14 on the lower surface of a disc or check 15 with a downwardly extending flange which is snug against the interior 0f the shell 9. Between the disc 15 and the disc 8 is placed an annular collar 16 so that when the projectile is fired from the tube 4, the thrust on the disc 8 is transmitted to the disc 15. The disc 15 is preferably made of paper and fits with a gas tight joint against the interior of the tube 9.

On the disc 15 and immediately above the annulus 16 is placed the base of a figure 17 at the upper end of which is a loop 18 to which are secured a series of strings 19 which run to the parachute 2O folded in the tube 9 and these strings 19 are so arranged about the parachute 20 as not to interfere with the opening of the same when projected in a manner which will be described below. On top of the parachute 20 and strings 19 is a sealing disc 21, substantially identical with the disc 15, with a downwardly extending flange fitting the interior of the tube 9 so that any thrust exerted by the action of an explosive 22 on the disc 8 and in the annulus 16 will be transmitted through the figure 17 to the disc 19 and force the same from the tube immediately before the parachute, string and figure are forced out and these in turn precede the expulsion of the disc 15 and the annulus 16 so that under no circumstances can the thrust from either explosive charge 6 or 22 be transmitted to the parachute 20 so as to injure the same.

In View of the foregoing, the operation of our improved toy will be readily understood. Assuming the parts to be in the position indicated in Figure 1, the fuse 5 is lit thereby igniting the powder 6 which burns slowly but sufiiciently quickly to expel the projectile with its bottom disc 8 and cylindrical wall 9 and included parts, and at the same time the time fuse 10 is ignited at the bottom. At the log Serial No. 325,018.

required time, say when the projectile is one hundred; and fifty feet in the air, the time fuse functions to light the priming 14 on the bottom of the disc 15 and this ignites the powder 22 which causes a second ex losion and thereby drives the disc 15 and t e superincumbent load thereon from the casing 9. The direct thrust on the base of the figure 17 throws it into the air and free of its parachute which thereupon immediately opens and resists further upward movement and causes the figure to assume a vertical position below the parachute, as indicated in Figure 4. The parachute then begins to fall in the conventional manner and is blown in the usual way by any wind that may exist, until it lands on the earth. Thereafter the parachute may be recovered and thrown into the air until worn out, lost or destroyed, so that through the use of this toy, a child may have the pleasure incidental to the usual discharge and projection of the prachute, an efi'ort to recover the same and finally, if recovered, of throwing it in the air.

While we have shown and described one embodiment of our invention, it is obvious that it is not restricted thereto, but that it is broad enough to cover all structures that come within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, a base, a tube secured to the base, an explosive chamber in said tube, a fuse running to said exlosive chamber, an explosive in said chamer, a projectile closing the upper end of said chamber, said rojectile having a time fuse, an expelling c arge chamber, an explosive in said last mentioned chamber, means for transmitting a thrust from the bottom to the top of the chamber, a rigid means mounted on the top of said second explosive chamber, a parachute wrapped about said means and means for securing the parachute to the means, whereby-the thrusts due to the various explosions will in no way injure the arachute nor interfere with its operation w en functioning.

2. In a device of the class described, a base, a cylindrical tube rising from said base, an explosive chamber at the bottom of said tube and on said base, a fuse running to the explosive chamber, an explosive in the chamber, a projectile closing the upper end of the chamber, said projectile having a cylindrical wall secured to its base, a time fuse in said base and passing above the same, an expelling charge chamber, above the disc, an expelling charge in the expelling charge chamber, a check at the top of the expelling charge chamber and means for carrying a parachute above the check.

3. In a device of the class described, a projectile having a base with a time fuse mounted therein, an annular collar on said base, an

expelling charge above the base and within the annular chamber, a check mounted on said annular base and means for transmitting a thrust from the check when'the expelling charge is functioning.

4:. In a device of the class described, a time fuse composed of two concentric eyelets and a slow burning charge,.the inner of said eyelets having a perforated dome.

5. In a device of the class described, a time fuse composed of two concentric eyelets with laterally projecting flanges adapted to en gage the opposite sides of a disc, a perforated dome at the upper end of one of said eyelets and a slow burning charge in said eyelets.

6. In a device of the class described, a projectile having a fiat metal base with a U flange, a cylindrical paper tube secured in said flange, a time fuse mounted in the center of said base, an annular collar resting on said base and surrounding said time fuse, a check fitting snug in said tube and sur rounding the annular collar, an expelling charge mounted on said base and adapted to be ignited by the time fuse, a figure resting on the check, cords secured to said figure, a parachute wrapped around said figure and secured to said cords and a cap for closing the end of the projectile remote from the base.

7. In a device of the class described, a time fuse composed of two concentric eyelets with pro ectlng flanges, and a slow burning charge, the eyelets being secured together and adapted to hold a disc between theirv projecting flanges.

8. In a device of the class described, a projectile having a base with a time fuse mounted therein, an annular collar on said base, an expelling charge above the base and within the annular chamber, a check mounted on said annular base, a rigid thrust transmitting means mounted on said check, a parachute around said-thrust transmitting means, and means for closing the top of the projectile,

adapted to come in direct contact with the rigid means for transmitting the thrust and free of the parachute.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this 8th day of December, 1928.

HENRY B. FABER. LOUIS L. DRIGGS, JR. 

